Hermes wrote:Sotos wrote:Hermes wrote:Sotos wrote:boomy this thread is not one of your anti-Greek nonsense threads. This is an important topic to diagnose the psychological problems that Charlies like you seem to be having lately. We are here to help! Do you want us to tell you that you a real Cypriots? Would that make you feel better? We might tease you but we still love you...
To be serious, it's a common issue amongst exiles. They lose their identity living abroad and then think that other people who have a strong identity and culture must be deceived. When you have no identity you start to believe that all identifications are arbitrary and "false". It's often those with the weakest sense of who they are, that are most prone to think that others have a "false" identity. They are projecting their own weaknesses and self-doubt upon others. Casting doubt on the identity of others gives them a false sense of superiority. But they are in effect attempting to conceal their own inadequacies and uncertainties having lost their own way.
How can we help them?
What they are missing is a sense of pride and self-worth. They need to re-discover their roots and heritage. It's very strange. Some Greek exile communities are very patriotic. The Greek Americans have a strong identification with Greece and Cyprus and do a lot of lobbying on our behalf. I don't know what happened to the Charlies and their Aussie equivalents. Maybe because Britain and Australia are weak pissy cultures these days with no real identity.
Actually let me tell you a bit about the patriotism of greeks and cypriots in Australia.
The so called leaders couldn't give a stuff about Greece or cyprus but get themselves on committees for the thrill of obtaining a bit of power and influence and to stoke their pathetic egos.
There are many good Greeks and Cypriots here, but all of them get shafted and end up not wanting anything to do with either. The young stay away because I am told that our so called "leaders" are corrupted and unethical individuals which use both Greece and Cyprus as a political football for their own gain.
I have also been told by certain people that they are nothing but traitors to our cause. No one supports them, and their associations are being snuffed out. That is the situation here in Australia and it is the same in the US as well.
No one goes to them. in Melbourne there are a million Greeks and Cypriots and you will be lucky to get 100 of them attend the same gathering.
The Greek Community is really sick and I remember my old man telling me to stay away from those arseholes. They will backstab you because that is what they do. And he is right!
he told me to never send my kids to any Private Greek Schools, don't get involved in any Churches or Church groups, don't enrol them in any Greek Sporting clubs or associations. I hear that many parents are saying the same thing!
